HIV Challenge To Reduce Stigma, Disparities
HHS Announces New National HIV Challenge, Increase Prevention & Treatment Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the launch of The…
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Fenway: Serious Consequences To Health For Trans People If NonDiscrimination Rules Are Rescinded
Transgender People, especially youth, need healthcare just as everyone else BOSTON—Fenway Health today warned of the threat to public health if the Trump administration’s plans…
NCLR: Obama Admin’s Groundbreaking Report on Conversion Therapy
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released…
HHS Proposes New Rules Banning Transgender Health Care Discrimination
Could End Most Insurance Plans’ Practice of Excluding Transition-Related Care WASHINGTON—Today, the (HHS) announced proposed rules to implement the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care…
CDC to Fund New Programs to Prevent HIV Infection Among Transgender People and Bay/Bi Men
By: Eric Brus*— The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently announced $185 million in funding for three new programs to prevent HIV infection among…
What Obamacare Means to LGBT Americans, Others
By: Matthew Heinz, MD/Director of Provider & LGBT Outreach— The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a longstanding and deep commitment to advancing…
New Guidance from HHS Protects LGBT Elders
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has issued an official guidance…
HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius Statement on LGBT Pride Month & Healthcare
For too long, the health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals were pushed to the side. LGBT individuals have faced limited access…
LGBT Groups Challenge Medicare’s Refusal to Provide Healthcare to Transgender Patients
Last week, several national LGBT groups and a cooperating attorney filed an administrative challenge to Medicare’s ban on medically necessary healthcare for transgender patients. Medicare,…